"For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you HOPE and a future." Jeremiah 29:11

On January 7th 2012 My Family & Friends confronted me about my drinking and begged me to get help. Three days later I walked through the doors of a Recovery meeting broken, defeated, and believing that I was not capable of living a sober life. Believing that I was not deserving of anything more than the life I was living. Believing that no-one could help me, no-one could understand me, and that I was a lost cause. But I found something that night that  I never expected to find, something I had no idea I was looking for. I found HOPE that night and I found it in abundance. I found Hope through the stories of the Men that I met, I found hope through the love that was so freely extended, and I found hope in God and his abundant Love and Grace. The hope that I found that night is what kept me coming back, it was the catalyst for a transformation that was 36 years in the making. Today I celebrate Ten years of victory over alcohol thanks to the seeds of HOPE that were planted in my heart at Celebrate Recovery that night. While I haven't always gotten it right and I have made my path difficult at times, Hope always kept me going. Those seeds of Hope that were planted in my heart began a ripple of transformation in my life that was 36 years in the making.

I want to share that experience, strength, and Hope with you. I want to introduce you to others who want to share their experience, strength, and hope. I want to fill my Ripple with people just like you and me, people who want to share and grow and learn with people just like you and me. I want this Ripple to travel out into the world and create positive change in a world that is sorely lacking in the most important thing of all, HOPE........

Thank YOU for being here today!!